Crossword Genius

Order great changes, making things worse (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retrograde

'making things worse' is the definition.
(as in a retrograde move)

'order great changes' is the wordplay.
'changes' is an anagram indicator.
'order'+'great'='ordergreat'
'ordergreat' with letters rearranged gives 'RETROGRADE'.

(Other definitions for retrograde that I've seen before include "Moving backwards" , "Reactionary" , "inverse" , "Going back" , "Backward" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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